05-31-2016, 03:50 PM
(05-31-2016, 09:45 AM)panamaniac Wrote: I really enjoyed that article when I stumbled across it - it gives a lot more depth and context to what was going on at the time and the kind of thinking that justified the construction of Market Square. It adds a lot to the usual "stupid decision" that is the usual beginning and end of the local perspective on the demolition of the old City Hall. And, as you note, we were hardly alone at the time.
There was also a comment posted by someone whos father worked at the old city hall, and who described it as a "decrepit fire hazard", surrounded by alleys "Dickensian in their filth". Apparently there was little sentiment attached to the old city hall at the time.